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Young Frankenstein
The scariest comedy of all time!
( Comedy / Horror )


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US Runtime: 108 min

Premiere Date:
Dec 15, 1974   [USA]
 
Director: Mel Brooks
 
Writer: Gene Wilder
 
Cinematography: Gerald Hirschfeld
 
Edited by: John C Howard
 
Production Companys: 20th Century Fox
Crossbow Productions
Gruskoff/Venture Films
Jouer Limited
 


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Tech Info:

Camera:
Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Color Info:
B&W
Laboratory:
DeLuxe
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm

Quotes:

  • Dr. Frankenstein: Igor, would you mind telling me whose brain I did put in?
    Igor: And you won't be angry?
    Dr. Frankenstein: I will NOT be angry.
    Igor: Abby someone.
    Dr. Frankenstein: Abby someone. Abby who?
    Igor: Abby Normal.
    Dr. Frankenstein: Abby Normal?
    Igor: I'm almost sure that was the name.
    Dr. Frankenstein: Do you mean to tell me that I put an abnormal brain into an, 8 foot tall, 300 pound, GORILLA?!!!
     
  • Dr. Frankenstein: For what we are about to see next, we must enter quietly into the realm of genius!
     
  • Dr. Frankenstein: Hearts and kidneys are tinkertoys! I'm talking about the central nervous system!
     
  • Igor: It's times like this that I remember what my old dad used to say.
    Dr. Frankenstein: What was that?
    Igor: "What the hell are you doing in the bathroom all day and night? Why don't you get out of there and give someone else a chance?"
     
  • [Frankenstein, Igor and Inga in front of HUGE castle doors.]
    Dr. Frankenstein: What knockers!
    Inga: Oh, thank you doctor!
     

Trivia:

  • Teri Garr, who plays Inga, was called in when Madeline Kahn, whom Mel Brooks had originally wanted for the role, turned it down and asked if she could play Elizabeth instead. Garr auditioned for the part of Inga, and added the German accent which won her the role.
     
  • When Dr. Frankenstein descends the stairs into the basement of the castle there is a gargoyle on the wall made to look like director Mel Brooks.
     
  • A couple who are talking on the train near the beginning of the film are having the same conversation in English, then in German.
     
  • The clock rings 13 times at the beginning of the film.
     
  • The film was shot in the same castle and with the same props and lab equipment as the original Frankenstein.
     


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